Github Avatar Generator

Generate github-style avatar with java awt.

This project was inspired by gabrie-allaigre/avatar-generator.

Result Set

Dependency

The artifact has been released to center maven, simply add dependency.

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.github.afkbrb</groupId>
    <artifactId>github-avatar-generator</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0</version>
</dependency>

API

Configuration

Method	Description	Default
setPadding(int padding)	Set the padding of the avatar.	32
setCellCount(int cellCount)	Set the number of cells of the avatar.	5
setCellSize(int cellSize)	Set the size of each cell, both length and height of each cell will be set to it.	64
setForeColor(Color color)	Set the foreground color of the avatar.	random
setForeColors(Color... colors)	Set the foreground color set, the final foreground color will be chosen at random in it.	random
setForeColors(List colors)	Set the foreground color set, the final foreground color will be chosen at random in it.	random
setTransparent(boolean transparent)	Set the transparency of the avatar.	false
setBackColor(Color color)	Set the background color of the avatar.	Color(241, 241, 241)

Notice

The final foreground color will be decided by the last called setForeColor* method. And if none of these setForeColor* methods are called, the foreground color will be generated at random but will also meet certain conditions to make the color look nice.

Creation

Method	Description
void build()	Build the avatar, calling the method each time will create a new avatar image at random according to configuration.
BufferedImage generateAndGetAvatar()	Generate a new avatar image and return it.
void showAvatar()	Show the generated avatar image with local application.
void saveAsPNG(String filepath)	Save avatar image as PNG file. The filepath include path and filename, for example, "E:/avatar.png", you should make sure that the path exists.

Example

Default

Avatar avatar = new Avatar();
avatar.showAvatar();

Save

Avatar avatar = new Avatar();
avatar.saveAsPNG("E:/avatar.png");

Set padding and cell size

AvatarConfig config = new AvatarConfig();
config.setPadding(16);
config.setCellSize(32);
Avatar avatar = new Avatar(config);
avatar.showAvatar();

Set the number of cells per row / column

config.setCellCount(8);

Set transparency

config.setTransparent(true);

Set color

config.setForeColor(Color.MAGENTA);
// config.setBackColor(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);

Set colors

config.setForeColors(Color.MAGENTA, Color.BLUE, Color.GREEN);

// the other way
List<Color> colors = new ArrayList<>();
colors.add(Color.YELLOW);
colors.add(Color.ORANGE);
colors.add(Color.CYAN);
config.setForeColors(colors);

For more example details, see example.

Licence

The Apache Software License, Version 2.0